Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera.
Sunday 21 May at 6.00pm on RNZ Concert
VERDI: Aida
Premièred in the Cairo Opera House in 1871, this tragic love story is set in the time of the pharaohs when Egypt was at war with Ethiopia
Aida.............................. Krassimira Stoyanova
Amneris........................ Violeta Urmana
Radamès....................... Riccardo Massi
Amonasro..................... George Gagnidze
Ramfis........................... James Morris
The King....................... Solomon Howard
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Daniele Rustioni (EBU)
Scene from 2009 presentation of this production.
